When Li Zhao asked his son Gao and his generals to build telegraph relay base stations, he also secretly asked people to build base stations in the Six Kingdoms, especially in Hangu Pass, Caoyang, Dingtao and other places.
From the history I knew in my previous life, I know that when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's rebel army sent Zhou Wen to approach Hangu Pass, Qin II was horrified and ordered Zhang Han to lead an army of 700,000 prisoners to attack Zhou Wen. In the end, Zhou Wen was defeated in Xiting. , Since then, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's rebel army has never been able to stand up.
Although Chen Sheng and Wu Guang did not revolt at this moment, it did not prevent Zhou Wen from joining Liu Ji or Xiang Yu's uprising army. If they arrived at Hangu Pass according to historical development, would Hu Hai also send a prisoner army?
Although Zhang Han has been idle, it does not mean that they will not.
Therefore, he must build base stations in these places to let himself know the information as soon as possible, so that he will not be defeated by the prisoner army.
There is also Xiang Liang, who was defeated by Zhang Han's prisoner army at Dingtao in history and was finally killed.
Xiang Liang was one of his men, and he couldn't just watch him being killed, so it was especially important to get first-hand information.
"Ah Chao, how many cannons are made? Can you produce a thousand cannons in a few days?"
There is not much time left at this moment. Hu Hai may launch an attack on Shanglinyuan at any time. Without artillery, it will be difficult to win with only two thousand elites.
"Master, Chao will try his best to build a thousand cannons in three days."
A Chao was called over by Li Zhao to ask about the situation. When the young master asked, he gritted his teeth and answered.
It was too difficult to build a thousand cannons in a short period of time, but seeing that the young master looked very unhappy, he had no choice but to agree. In fact, it was possible as long as he worked all night to rush the production, but it was a hardship for these craftsmen.
"Cai, prepare enough cannonballs and gunpowder."
After Li Zhao finished his instructions, he hurriedly asked the housekeeper to come see him.
For no other reason than to allow the housekeeper to recruit some people to serve as gunners.
The manpower of Shanglinyuan is really too small. So far, there are only two thousand elites and less than a thousand guards. Most of the guards have been sent out to collect intelligence, so there are too few people available.
At present, we can only ask the housekeeper to secretly recruit some people to temporarily serve as gunners.
For this, I believe that stewards can do it. The current plan is to recruit thousands of gunners to deal with these thousand cannons first, but this is only a preliminary plan, and more gunners will be needed later.
Not to mention that Shanglinyuan needs gunners to guard it, Liu Ji and Zhang Han's rebel army will need a lot. Otherwise, it will be difficult for them to fight the Qin army with artillery with their primitive weapons.
The housekeeper acted quickly, and in just one day he brought thousands of people. These people must have been carefully selected, but they were also strong, and they were good candidates to be gunners.
"Master, we also want to contribute to Shanglinyuan."
I don't know who secretly spread the news. After thousands of gunners entered the secret training, the princes of the Wang family and the Meng family came to see them.
Although the two young masters have been studying deeply in the school since they were generals, they cannot change their bellicose nature.
Since Wang Jian, the only generals available to the Wang family are Wang Ben and his son. The Wang family's fighting style is still there, and the Meng family is similar. Meng Tian is guarding the north outside, and Meng Yi is inside. Unfortunately, Meng Yi lost ownership after he was captured. Handle, now he is just an idler.
"Meng Yi?" Li Zhao fiercely slapped his head, and he almost forgot about this athlete.
Although Meng Yi is a civil servant, he has inherited the fighting style of the Meng family and is considered a good general. If he is brought over to form an artillery force, he might be able to achieve something.
Li Zhao observed the two men and found that they were quite strong, but lacked a bit of murderous spirit. Of course, this could be tempered.
"Forget it! Since you two are so willing to fight, just follow General Meng Yi!"
Seeing that Li Zhao agreed, the two were very happy and thanked them quickly. Li Zhao arranged for them to report to the gunner camp.
Li Zhao went to see Meng Yi in person, but Meng Yi was very happy and agreed immediately. In this way, the artillery battalion had a mastermind, and Li Zhao was relieved a lot.
Three days later, Ah Chao had indeed built a thousand cannons. Li Zhao immediately asked Meng Yi to lead the artillery battalion to assemble. He wanted to let the artillery battalion know the power of the red cannon in person.
This time, ten guns were pulled out as a demonstration.
When the ten cannonballs were fired two miles away, Meng Yi and others were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths and vowed that with this cannon, they would definitely stop Hu Hai and Qin's troops five miles away.
Li Zhao did not respond, he had his own plan.
A few days later, a detective came to report that Liu Ji had contact with Xiang Yu, and threatened that whoever reaches Guanzhong first would own Guanzhong. At this moment, the two rebel armies were attacking the city day and night and were approaching Hangu Pass.
"It's quite fast."
Li Zhao muttered, and immediately called Ah Chao again, asking them to hurry up and make the red cannon.
According to historical records, the rebel army arrived at Hangu Pass with thousands of chariots and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Qin II asked Zhang Han to lead the prisoner army to fight, and finally defeated the rebel army.
If this is the case, the rebel army will suffer heavy losses, and it will be much more difficult for him to use the rebel army to overthrow Hu Hai's Qin, but how can he watch such a thing happen? He must be ready for the rebels.
So, he asked Meng Yi to secretly dispatch 500 artillery troops to the theater.
After another half month, everyone thought that Hu Hai would go to Linyuan again for trouble, but strangely there was no news. The dispatched detectives found that there was no movement in Xianyang, as if he had forgotten Shanglinyuan, but Li Zhao knew that Hu Hai would never forget Shanglinyuan. Linyuan.
They must have other calculations, what could they be?
Li Zhao frowned, and the next moment he thought of the key, food and grass.
The soldiers and horses move forward before the food and grass are moved.
At this moment, Xianyang is short of food and grass, so they naturally have to prepare enough food and grass. The land of Bashu is the granary. If they want to have sufficient food and grass, they can only transfer it from the land of Bashu. This coming and going will definitely take some time, so naturally they cannot Withdrew and attacked Shanglinyuan.
"That's fine. Let us recruit more artillery and build more red cannons. Then we will be more confident in dealing with the Hu Hai and Qin armies."
Meng Yi said from the side. He did not go to Hangu Pass with the five hundred artillery troops, but ordered the second son of the Meng family to lead the troops.
"More confident in dealing with Hu Hai and Qin's army?"
Li Zhao repeated these words, but did not directly answer Meng Yi's words.
Shanglinyuan has more time to prepare to deal with the Hu Hai Qin Army, but what about the Hu Hai Qin Army? No more time to prepare.
Prepare? Li Zhao's forehead wrinkled into several lines.
It is impossible for Xianyang not to know about the rebel army's mighty attack on the city. If it really threatens the Guanzhong area, Hu Hai will definitely know about it even if he doesn't ask about the affairs of the DPRK. Then the focus will not be Shanglinyuan, but Shanglinyuan. It's the rebel army.
The rebel army is the hope of overthrowing Hu Hai's Qin. If it is attacked, it will be devastated. This is by no means empty talk. If historical development is followed, the Qin Dynasty will be destroyed. This is based on the lack of thermal weapons, but with Xiang Gong's artillery Not necessarily.
Xiang Gong definitely has a lot of artillery. If they focus on the rebels, even if they send 500 artillery to support them, they may not have much effect.
"We must let them focus on Shanglinyuan to paralyze them."
Li Zhao thought of the key point and suddenly took action, which puzzled Meng Yi.
"What paralyzed them?"
"Take the initiative to cut off its food and grass and let it shift its focus to Shanglin Garden."
This is the best way to deal with it right now.
If Hu Hai's Qin army wants to march hundreds of miles to attack the rebel army, they need enough food and grass. If their food and grass are cut off, they can only focus on Shanglin Garden. After all, Shanglin Garden is not far from Xianyang City and does not need much food and grass.
This is not the main reason. The main thing is that Shanglinyuan has enough food. If we win Shanglinyuan, we will have a steady supply of food, which is beneficial to the war.
The main thing is that they focus on Shanglinyuan, then the rebel army will have the opportunity to easily break through Xianyang, and the overthrow of Hu Hai's Qin is just around the corner.
Hu Hai focused on whether Shang Lin Yuan would be captured. Li Zhao was not worried about this for the time being. With two thousand elites and a steady stream of red cannons, Hu Hai's Qin army had three heads and six arms and wanted to capture it in a short time. It is impossible to go down to Shanglinyuan.
And as long as there is enough time, the rebel army can take Xianyang.
This is a good strategy.
(End of chapter)
